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1919 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team

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1919 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4–1
Head coach
CaptainHarry E. Franson
Home stadiumCollege Field
Seasons
← 1918
1920 →
1919 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Notre Dame     9 0 0
Lincoln (MO)     3 0 0
Detroit     8 1 0
Western State Normal     4 1 0
Akron     6 1 1
North Dakota Agricultural     5 1 1
Haskell     8 2 1
Marquette     5 1 2
St. Xavier     6 2 0
Morningside     6 2 0
Heidelberg     6 3 0
Saint Louis     4 2 2
Valparaiso     5 3 0
Wabash     4 3 2
Central Michigan     2 2 3
Michigan Agricultural     4 4 1
Nebraska     3 3 2
St. Mary's (OH)     2 2 0
Iowa State Teachers     2 4 1
Toledo     2 4 0
Butler     0 5 1
Bowling Green     0 3 0

The 1919 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team represented Michigan Agricultural College (MAC) as an independent during the 1919 college football season. In their tenth non-consecutive year under head coach Chester Brewer (Brewer previously coached the Aggies from 1903 to 1910 and in 1917), the Aggies compiled a 4–4–1 record and outscored their opponents 132 to 99.[1]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4AlbionW 14–13[2]
October 8Alma
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
W 46–6
October 11Western State Normal
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
L 18–21[3][4]
October 18at MichiganL 0–2621,000[5]
October 25DePauw
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
W 27–0
November 1at PurdueL 7–13
November 8South Dakotadagger
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
W 13–0
November 15at Notre DameL 0–135,000
November 27Wabash
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
T 7–7
  • daggerHomecoming

References

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  1. ^ "2017 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Michigan State University. pp. 142, 147. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  2. ^ "Michigan Aggies Defeat Albion Eleven: Aggies Play Ragged Game; Many Fumbles". The Lansing State Journal. October 4, 1919. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Western Normal Stages Great Comeback Defeating Michigan Aggies' 21 to 18; Wabash Next Eleven to Fall Before Them". Kalamazoo Gazette. Kalamazoo, Michigan. October 12, 1919. p. 22. Retrieved March 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Kazoo's Rally Beats Aggies". Detroit Free Press. Detroit, Michigan. October 12, 1919. p. 25, part 1. Retrieved March 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ Harry Bullion (October 19, 1919). "Aggies Beaten By Yostmen In Game That Shows Little". Detroit Free Press. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.